sus

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I always wonder about plasticity and annealing. We don't have to get technical here. But we all know that young people pick things up more naturally. I wonder if I'd gotten into Vybz Kartel at 14 I'd have found a way to absolutely love it. Whether it would have changed something eternal about my moods and dispositions. Or whether something eternal about my moods and dispositions would have to change for me to like Vybz Kartel.
 

wild greens

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There's nothing wrong with being left cold by it, most music is inherently bad

It is very unlikely that a book can provide new ears, i would think, even if it allows you to understand concepts or routines slightly better
 

sus

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There's nothing wrong with being left cold by it, most music is inherently bad

It is very unlikely that a book can provide new ears, i would think, even if it allows you to understand concepts or routines slightly better
OK who can provide them for me then where do I go what do I do I'll do anything short of giving my first-born up to the goblin nonces
 

sus

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That's a good idea I'll be doing that, maybe amphetamines? Some kind of stimulant? I'll work on getting my hands on
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
There's nothing wrong with being left cold by it, most music is inherently bad

It is very unlikely that a book can provide new ears, i would think, even if it allows you to understand concepts or routines slightly better
Ah interesting that you say that. I reckon that, for me at least, persuasive writing can, for want of a better word, trick me into liking something... or at least it can give me enough of a shove in that direction to make that possible.
 

Leo

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Sometimes I'll read a positive review, check out the music and think "ah, yeah, that's good". But just as often (if not more so), I'll listen to the music in question and think it's not good, or at least doesn't reach the level of praise heaped on it. And I wonder, did the reviewer screw up or have I? Have I missed something that clicked with the reviewer?
 

woops

is not like other people
there used to be something called the music press that part of its function was to point you at potentially interesting new music but now we don't have a music press and we don't have interesting music either
 

sus

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how are you getting on with it so far?
Reading the intro

Opening paragraphs are brilliant, big and bold and punchy. A little ...Paglia-esque...? All sexed-up—"radical musics have a tendency to ravage you"—but a bit cutesier, in an oriental way? "Swirling, whirling dervishes..."

At points it's almost like he's arguing his case to Dissensus posters—this "Kip" fella keeps crowing about how "pioneering, unprecedented, futuristic, and impossible to the ears"—just like "jungle and grime" were in their day? I reckon he'd fit in here.

He managed to sneak the phrase 'paradigm shift' into his introduction, that's very important to do if you're a culture critic.

"This is the story of our new musical future..." I like it... Listening to Playboi Carti's "Codeine" and moving to the next chapter...
 

sus

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There are some good ideas so far but it's a bit half-baked I reckon, how about this "Mr. Kip" comes makes an account here on Dissensus, talks it over with us, we help him bring it to the next level. He can republish to widespread critical acclaim I'm sure—even Mr. Muggs will rest satisfied.
 
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